Mr Sudhanshu Chitale

Specialties

Sub specialties

Andrology

Endourology

Infertility

Prostatic diseases

Clinical interests

Prostate diseases: prostatitis/BPH

Prostate cancer/Bladder cancer/Testis cancer

Sexual Dysfunction/Male Infertility

Professional profile

Mr Chitale is a Consultant Urological Surgeon at the Whittington Health NHS Trust, London. He is an Honorary Senior Lecturer for the University College London (UCL) Medical School. He has been the proud recipient of Top Teacher Award: 2013-14 and Excellence in Medical Education Award (EMEA): 2015-16.

He has received comprehensive training both in India and the UK in all subspecialties of Urology, and has gained extensive experience over many years in this field. He has also received several awards for academic achievements during his training.

Sudhanshu has performed over 20,000 Urological operative procedures ranging from cystoscopies to cystectomies. He has special expertise in procedures involving the lower urinary tract including prostatic, bladder, penile and urethral surgery.

He is published widely in peer-reviewed journals with around 80 publications to his credit, and also has several presentations at national and international meetings. He has been the principal author for the first ever randomised controlled trial (RCT) on shock wave therapy (SWT) for Peyronie's disease. He is also a referee to many scientific journals and a guest editor for a web based journal.

In addition, Sudhanshu has been actively involved in teaching Undergraduates, Postgraduates, General Practitioners and Pharmaceutical/Nursing professionals by means of lectures/seminars/bedside-teaching for many years. He has been a well-respected and popular tutor amongst medical students and trainees. He currently acts as an MBBS examiner for UCL Medical School and has done so previously at UEA Medical School in Norwich.

He has also served as a member of the faculty for the Operative Skills in Urology Course conducted by the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCSE) for several years.

Personal profile

Sudhanshu is married to Kiran, Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist with special interest in Eating Disorders (ED) at the NHS trust in Norwich, Norfolk

They have two children: their daughter is a junior doctor/trainee in the NHS currently working at the RFH, London,

Their son is a law graduate from Sheffield Law School and currently undertaking training in management and accountancy at PWC, London

More recently, they have been involved in charitable work in India, providing patient care in their respective specialities at a rural hospital and teaching students at the local medical school attached to the rural hospital.

Sudhanshu has been a keen badminton player and represented his medical school at University level. He also enjoys table tennis and swimming. Lately he has been keen on the game of golf.